Clare GenMaps - mapping
surnames, monuments and places on historical and modern maps

Video: Clare Genamps Surnames Feature
Guide

How to find your surname heatmap - a step
by step guide:

Firstly,
select the 'People' tab from the panel on the left

Then select one or more surnames.

You can select more than one surname (or variation of
a surname) by holding down the Ctrl key and clicking on the desired surnames.

Then select from one of the three data sources:

1901 Census - Names every person present in the county
on census night;1852/1855 Griffith's Valuation – Names all ratepayers
in the county;1820s-1840s Tithe Applotments – Names all tithe
payers in the county, excluding the towns and villages.
Note that the Tithes are marked by (centred on) parish rather than townland,
as the tithes don’t use the
‘standard’ townlands which were established in the 1840s.

The heatmap:The map in the centre panel showsthe relative distribution of the selected surname/s. The
'hotter' the marker, the more records exist for that surname in that area.

Clicking on a marker will show the area name and wil
create a link in the next panel on the right:

Click back to the Features tab, and select, for example,
the Townlands by Civil Parishes option.

You can of course also select any of the other options
also, such as the monuments and enclosures.

You will notice that the heatmap now has interactive
boundaries for townlands and parishes overlaid on the original map.

To zoom in and out you can
use either the slider in the map window, or the one at the bottom of the
page, which shows a zoom range (in green). You can also double click on
a map to zoom in, or use the mouse wheel.

When you select one of the Areas Features (Townlands
or Townlands by Civil Parishes) you can change the zoom level, opacity
and style using the slider illustrated below.

Change maps:

You can of course change the maps on view. The main map
can be one of the Bing standard maps: Roads, Satellite, Satellite with
Labels; or Open Street Map; or an ESRI map: Roads, Ocean, Satellite, Topography,
Terrain; or an Ordnance Survey map of County Clare from 1842 – either
an overview map or the detailed 6 six-inch maps can be viewed, depending
on the level of zoom used.

The following maps may be overlaid over the base map:
The Ordnance Survey 1842 overview map of Clare;
The Ordnance Survey 1842 six-inch maps of Clare.